Belt-tightening measures proposed to fund stimulus
May 5, 2021 | 7:36 pm
PHILSTAR
A KEY legislator has proposed that the government implement austerity measures in order to afford the third stimulus package, with economic managers still scrambling to identify funds for a measure that would become the third Bayanihan law if passed.
“Right now…
naghahanap po ng excess fund
sa mga ahensiya (the economic managers are looking at funding sources from agency budgets),” Marikina City Rep. Stella Luz A. Quimbo said at a televised news briefing.
“
na gastusin ng mga agencies, halimbawa po iyong mga kunwari may mga travel…
baka naman puwedeng ipagpaliban muna dahil talagang hindi naman safe
Published May 4, 2021, 7:20 AM
Nature lovers can now have a fast and smooth travel should they decide to visit a popular cave where two unique species were recently discovered North of the Philippines.
CHURCH IN A CAVE. One of the main attractions of the Callao Cave in Cagayan Valley is this church located right inside the same cave. (File photo contributed by Leah D. Estuye)
The P67-million widening project of the Labato Bridge in Barangay Namabbalan has been completed and is expected to address the traffic congestion along Cagayan Valley Road.
The bridge leads to the Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape in Peñablanca town that is home to the majestic Callao Cave.
Published May 4, 2021, 12:04 PM
BS Biology Students from University of the Philippines – Visayas were crowned as the champions of 2021 Go Green Country Finals. Running on its 11
th year, Go Green is a global student competition on the search for innovators and game-changers across the globe who dare to disrupt, to put their skills to the test, and to push the boundaries of sustainable and digital transformation in Energy Management.
Jade Palma
Pauline Lamela
Team Pasimano, composed of Jade Karrie Palma and Pauline Anna Lamela, emerged victorious among the Top 3 Finalists from over 100 entries nationwide. Their winning project, Pasimano, is a solar-thermal window that collects and converts light and heat energy into power and electricity. It allows consumers to use natural sources of energy while using products derived from materials often neglected in the environment: agricultural waste. The window, made from nano-silica and lignocellulose extracted from rice husk and biomass,
(DOH)
In a statement, the Health department, together with the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH), reported the detection of additional 289 B.1.1.7 variant cases, 380 B.1.351 variant cases, and nine P.3 variant cases from the 744 samples sequenced.
The DOH said of the additional 289 B.1.1.7 variant cases detected, 48 cases are returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs), 185 are local cases, and 56 cases are currently being verified if they are local or ROF cases.
“Based on the case line list, three cases remain active while two have died and 284 have recovered,” it said.
Of the additional 380 B.1.351 variant cases, the DOH said, 107 cases are ROFs, 196 are local cases, and 77 cases are currently being verified if they are local or ROF cases.
(PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN)
This after several social media posts claimed that CytoDyn’s Leronlimab is being sold for hundreds of thousands to millions of pesos.
The company said the initial 400 vials made available are being distributed for free for use in various hospitals in the country by critically ill COVID-19 patients under a CSP.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a CSP to only two physicians for the use of Leronlimab to treat COVID-19 patients.
Leronlimab is a humanized monoclonal antibody originally designed to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and cancer.
The immunomodulatory agent is now being used on critically ill patients due to its ability to mitigate the cytokine storm, common in COVID-19 fatalities, the company added.